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SALE NUMBER 1489 


ON PUBLIC EXHIBITION FROM SATURDAY, APRIL TENTH 


NINETY. SIX 92. lope 
ORIGINAL DRAWINGS 


BY J y YU. Ob 
AUGUSTE RENOIR 
[1841-1919] 
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TO BE SOLD FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL SIXTEENTH/ 


AT 8:15 O'CLOCK 


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THE ANDERSON GALLERIES 


{MITCHELL KENNERLEY, Presinent} 
PARK AVENUE AND FIFTY-NINTH STREET, NEW YORK 
1920 


CONDI FIONS* OF SA 


All bids to be PER LoT as numbered in the Catalogue. 


The highest bidder to be the buyer. In all cases of disputed bids the 
lot shall be resold, but the Auctioneer will use his judgment as to the 
good faith of all claims and his decision shall be final. 


Buyers to give their names and addresses and to make such cash 
payments on account as may be required, in default of which the lots 
purchased to be immediately resold. 


Purchases to be taken away at the buyer’s expense and risk within 
twenty-four hours from the conclusion of the sale, and the remainder 
of the purchase money to be paid on or before delivery, in default of 
which The Anderson Galleries, Incorporated, will not be responsible if 
the lot or lots be lost, stolen, damaged, or destroyed, but they will be 
left at the sole risk of the purchaser, and subject to storage charges. 


All lots will be exposed for public exhibition before the date of sale, 
for examination by intending purchasers, and The Anderson Galleries, 
Incorporated, will not be responsible for the correctness of the descrip- 
tion, authenticity, genuineness, or for any defect or fault in or concern- 
ing any lot, and makes no warranty whatever, but will sell each lot exactly 
as it 1s, WITHOUT RECOURSE. 


TerMs CasH. Upon failure to comply with the above conditions 
any sum deposited as part payment shall be forfeited, and all such lots 
as remain uncleared after twenty-four hours from the conclusion of the 
sale will be resold by either private or public sale at such time as The 
Anderson Galleries, Incorporated, shall determine, without further notice, 
and if any deficiency arises from such resale it shall be made good by the 
defaulter at this sale together with all the expenses incurred thereby. 
This condition shall be without prejudice to the right of The Anderson 
Galleries, Incorporated, to enforce the contract with the buyer, without 
such resale, 


Bips. We make no charge for executing orders for our customers 
and use all bids competitively, buying at the lowest price permitted by 
other bids. 


The Anderson Galleries, Incorporated, will afford every facility for 
the employment of carriers and packers by the purchasers, but will not 
be responsible for any damage arising from the acts of such carriers and 
packers. 


Priced Copy of this Catalogue may be secured for one dollar for each 
session of the sale. 


THE -ANDERSON » GALLERIES 
PARK AVENUE AND FIFTY-NINTH STREET 
NEW YORK 


TELEPHONE PLAZA 9356 CATALOGUES ON REQUEST 
SALES CONDUCTED BY MR. FREDERICK A. CHAPMAN 


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THE RENOIR SALE Yu kez 


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A STATEMENT 


When the 33 oil sketches, and the 3 studies in red and white chalk and 
charcoal, by Renoir, were sold at the Anderson Galleries on February 
6th last, certain persons expressed _ doubts as to their authenticity. I paid 
no attention to these cavilings, because it is the way, nowadays, for some- 
body to doubt everything, sometimes to the advantage of the doubter. 
The spirit and beauty of the sketches were obvious; they were signed by 
the master; and their pedigree, as supplied to me, seemed entirely satis- 
factory. Although I never knew Renoir personally, I am well acquainted 
with his work, and I decided, after careful examination of these sketches 
and studies, that they were by Renoir. That opinion I still firmly hold. 


Last month Mr. Mitchell Kennerley asked me to catalogue, and to write 
an introductory note to another set of Renoir drawings, no fewer than 96, 
which came from the same source as those disposed of on February 6. I 
was very busy at the time, and did not desire to add to my labors, but 
when I examined these 96 pastels I was so impressed by their beauty and 
spontaneity that I readily consented, It.was a joy to handle them. I 
spent rons ane cats locuine these “delight drawings,” quite 
convinced in my own mind that they are by Beret and quite sure that 
the cavilers would again cavil. 


The auction was fixed for the evening of April 16, and as I have no 
financial or other interest in the sale except as a well-wisher to the Ander- 
son Galleries, and as a possible buyer of certain of the pastels, so charming 
that I may not be able to resist them, I thought no more of the affair until 
Mr. Kennerley put into my hands a copy of “Le Bulletin de la Vie Artis- 
tique,’ published™by “MM. Bernheim-Jeune & Cie.,. which he had just 
received from-Paris. It contains a letter from M. Pierre Renoir, a son 
of the painter, which the Editor publishes, accompanied | by a statement 
headed “Thirty-three False Renoirs.’’ The letter of M. Pierre Renoir, 
by the by, is addressed to M. Durand-Ruel, a firm which, for many years, 
has taken quite a paternal interest in Renoir’s pictures. M. Pierre Renoir 
denies that these 33 sketches and studies are by Renoir, and he affirms that 
they were never given by his father to “une tres intime amie.” 


In answer to this I would merely remark that neither M. Pierre Renoir, 
nor M. Durand-Ruel, nor the Editor of “Le Bulletin de la Vie Artistique,” 
has seen these 33 sketches and studies by Renoir. Their judgment is based 
on the smudgy iflustrations i in the catalogue, and 0 on the still smudgier re- 


agents ity : enna) we 
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. Et as last year’s lived that have been ace! Ra a ate ote 
‘unlike the fresh green of the spring trees. 3 1 We 


In regard to M. Pierre Renoir’s affirmation that his tather never gave 
these drawings to “une trés intime amie,” I congratulate M. Pierre Renoii 


Mitchell Kennerley to say that these 96 Renoirs will be sold entirely 
their merits, as deli elightful, delicate, and 1 dainty v work s ofvart.  Yot 
invited to decide whether you will buy t through your eyes or throu 
ears. You can bid for them as by Renoir, or as by somebody else, s 
amazing Unknown who ought to be Renoir, but may not be. To d 
matize on the matter of their authenticity is ridiculous. That coul 
be done by some one who was in the Master’s atelier when he made 1 ) 
spring-time pastels. I do not dogmatize. I but reiterate my opinion that — 
they are by Renoir, and place before you this statement of all sss | 
known to me about the Renoir sale. ‘s 


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NOTE 


This extraordinary collection of Pastels by Renoir, now offered for 
sale, comes from the same source as the 33 Oil Paintings and 3 Pastels 
sold at the Anderson Galleries on February 6th last. They were all pur- 
chased in Paris nine years ago by a New York collector who obtained 
them froma lady, a an intimate friend of Renoit’s, to whom the artist 
gave them.” These pastels are the intimate thoughts and summary ex- 
pressions of the master. They have a spontaneity and a gaiety that do 

not always mark his large, important pictures. Some of these exquisite 
nudes are more worked upon than others, especially those in which he 
has allowed himself a free and dazzling use of white chalk. The ma- 
jority are signed either “Renoir” in full, or with an “R.” Thirty-nine 
have a drawing or drawings on each side of the paper. These have been 
framed so that the front and back drawings can be seen. A well-known 
artist who was acquainted with Renoir, and who is familiar with his 
work, after examining these 96 pastels, his enthusiasm rising as he turned 
them over, said, “I never knew the beggar was as clever as this. The 
nude’s the thing. What variety! What endless variety !” 

C. Lewis HInp. 


DARGE AND SMALL DRAWINGS ON ONE SIDE ONLY 
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Pee PIWRE SEATED 


-~ Pastel, signed Renoir. 
te Height, 19 inches; width, 12 inches. 


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2 NWDE FIGURE STANDING, AND A HEAD 
Pastel, signed Renoir. 
Height, 19 inches; width, 12 inches. 


meee HIGURE SEATED 
Pastel, signed Renoir. 
Height, 19 inches; width, 12 inches. 


Poeun FIGURE SEATED, HANDS COVERING FACE 
Pastel, signed Renoir. 
Height, 19 inches; width, 12 inches. 


THREE NUDE FIGURES 
Pastel, signed Renoir. 
Height, 12 inches; width, 19 imches. 


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16. 


17. 


NUDE FIGURE RECLINING, AND THREE SKETCHES 


Pastel, signed Renoir. 
Height, 12 inches; width, 19 inches. 


NUDE FIGURE, AND THREE 
Pastel, signed Renoir. 


Height, 12 inches; width, 19 inches. 


ELEVEN FIGURES 
Pastel, signed Renoir. 


Height, 12 inches; width, 19 inches. 


SIX -FIGURES 
Pastel, signed Renoir. 
Height, 12 inches; width, 19 inches. 


NUDE FIGURE RECLINING 
Pastel, signed Renoir. 
Height, 12 inches; width, 19 inches. 


NUDE FIGURE RECLINING, SHOWING BACK 


Pastel, signed Renoir. 
Height, 12 inches; width, 19 inches. 


NUDE FIGURE SEATED 
Pastel, signed Renoir. 
Height, 19 inches; width, 12 inches. 


NUDE FIGURE> SEATED 
Pastel, signed Renoir. 
Height, 12 inches; width, 19 inches. 


SKETCHES 


NUDE: FIGURE WITH RAISED ARM 


Pastel, signed R. 


Height, 13% inches; width, 8% inches, 


BUS 'T*.OF = Gis 
Pastel, signed Renoir. 
Tleight, 12 inches; width, 7 inches. 


TWO FIGURES 


Pastel, signed Renoir. 


Height, 8 inches; width, 12% imches. 


THREE FIGURES 
Pastel, signed Renoir. 


Height, 12% inches; width, 10 inches. 


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BUS tsi eGrERds 
Pastel, signed Renoir. 
Height, 6 inches; width, 9 tnches. 


NUDE FIGURE BENDING 
Pastel, signed Renoir. 
Height, 11% inches; width, 6 inches. 


NUDE FIGURE RECLINING 
Pastel, signed Renoir. 
Height, 5 inches; width 121% inches. 


NUDE FIGURE HALF-LENGTH 
Pastel, signed Renoir. 
Height, 13% inches; width, 4% inches. 


NUDE FIGURE RECLINING, FACE HIDDEN 
Pastel, signed Renoir. 
Height, 4% imches; width, 12 imches. 


NUDE FIGURE STANDING 
Pastel, signed Renoir. 
Height, 14 inches; width, 4 wmches. 


NUDE FIGURE RECLINING, AND ASShiies 
Pastel, signed Renoir. 
Height, 5% inches; width, 15 inches. 


NUDE FIGURE STANDING, BACK VIEW 
Pastel, signed Renoir. 
Height, 13 inches; width, 5 inches. 


NUDE -FIGURE SEAGED 
Pastel, signed Renoir. 
Height, 11 inches; width, 12 inches. 


NUDE FIGURE-SEATED 
Pastel, signed Renoir. 
Height, 9% inches; width, 12 inches. 


NUDE FIGURE CROUCHING 
Pastel, signed Renoir. 
Height, 13% inches; width, 12% inches. 


FIVE HEADS 
Pastel, signed Renoir. 
Height, 9% inches; width, 12 inches, 


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41. 


42. 


NUDE FIGURE AND FOUR HEADS 


Pastel, signed Renoir. , 
Height, to inches; width, 12 wmches. 


TWO NUDE FIGURES 
Pastel, signed Renoir. 
Height, ro inches; width, 9% inches. 


mgr FIGURE SEATED 
Pastel, signed Renoir. 
Height, 13 inches; width, 10% inches. 


NUDE FIGURE 
Pastel, signed Renoir. 
Height, 12 inches; width, 12% inches. 


FIGURE HALF-LENGTH 
Pastel, signed Renoir. 
Height, 11 inches; width, 12 inches. 


NUDE FIGURE HALF-LENGTH 
Pastel, signed Renoir. 
Height, 9 inches; width, 12 inches. 


PMUMEe=riIGURE SEATED 
Pastel, signed Renoir. 
Height, 9% inches; width, 12 inches. 


NUDE FIGURE SEATED 
Pastel, signed Renoir. 
Height, 12 inches; width, 9% inches. 


TWO FIGURES 
Pastel, signed Renoir. 
Height, 12% inches; width, 6% inches. 


RECLINING FIGURE 
Pastel, signed R. 
Height, 8 inches; width, 12 inches. 


STANDING FIGURE 
Pastel, signed Renoir. 
Height, 12% wches; width, 5% inches. 


TWO FIGURES 
Pastel, signed R. 
Height, 12% inches; width, 9 inches. 


HILAD 
Pastel, signed R. 
Height, 8Y% inches; width, 1? inches. 


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45. 


46. 


47. 


48. 


49. 


LARGE AND SMALL DRAWINGS ON BOTH SIDES 


[NuMmBErs 43-81] 


FRONT: NUDE FIGURE SEATED 
Pastel, signed Renoir. 

BACK: TWO FIGURES 

Pastel, signed R. 

Height, 9 inches; width, 11% inches. 


FRONT: TWO NUDE FIGURES 

Pastel, signed Renoir. 

BACK: NUDE FIGURE SEATED 

Pastel. 

Height, to inches; width, 12 inches. * 


FRONT: TWO NUDE FIGURES 
Pastel, signed Renoir. 

BACK: -NUDE FIGURE? SBA HID 
Pastel. 

Height, 12% inches; width, 9 inches. 


FRONT: TWO NUDE FIGURES 
Pastel, signed Renoir. 

BACK: THREE NUDE FIGURES 
Pastel. 

Height, 12 inches; width 7% inches. 


FRONT: NUDE FIGURE RECLINING 
Pastel, signed Renoir. 

BACK: NUDE” FIGGRE 

Pastel. 

Height, 9% inches; width, 12 inches. 


FRONT: THREE NUDE] PiGuUiiS 
Pastel, signed Renoir. 

BACK: FOURS FIGURES 

Pastel. 

Height, 12% inches; width, 11 inches. 


FRONT: TWO EIGURES AND -A SKE Sar 
Pastel, signed Renoir. 

BACK: TWO FIGURES 

Pastel. 

Height, 12% inches; width, § inches. 


PFRONTD: NUDE FIGURES SEARED 


Pastel, signed Renoir. 


BACK | FOUR RSKE TCS 
Pastel. 
Height, to inches; width, 12% inches, 


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FRONT: NUDE FIGURE RECLINING 
Pastel, signed Renoir. 

BACK: FOUR SKETCHES, ONE RAS te 
Pastel, signed R. 

Height, 12% imches; width, 19 inches. 


FRONT: NUDE BIGURE, BACK 2 vita 
Pastel, signed Renoir. 

BACK: HEAD OF SA MAN 

Pastel. 

Height, 12 inches; width, 12 wmches. 


FRONT: NUDE FIGURE STANDING 
Pastel, signed Renoir. 

BACK? THREE SKE TGrES 

Pastel. 

Height, 12% inches; width, 9% inches. 


FRONT: NUDE FIGURE: AND AS 
Pastel, signed Renoir. 

BACK: NUDE FIGURE AND Airis 
Pastel. 

Height, 12 inches; width, 8 imches, 


FRONT: NUDE FIGURE SEATED AND THREE SKETCHES 
Pastel, signed Renoir. 

BACK y-I WO. FI GU iis 

Pastel. 

Height, 10 inches; width, 12 inches. 


FRONT: TWO FIGURES AND TWO SKC 
Pastel, signed Renoir. 

BACK: FIGURE AND TWO HEADS 

Pastel. 

fTeight, rr inches; width, 12 inches. 


FRONT: “TMVOU Pie es 

Pastel, signed Renoir. 

BAGK:: FIGURE -AN DA TEA 
Pastel. 

Height, 7 inches; width, 12 mches. 


FRONT: TWO ;- FIGURES 

Pastel, signed R. 

BACK »PORTIONS OF “TWO: FIGHERES 
Pastel. 

Height, 12 inches; width, 11 tches. 


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FRONT: TWO 


NUDE FIGURES 


Pastel, signed Renoir. 
Pere euiikine, SKETCHES 


Pastel. 


Height, 12 inches; width 12 inches. 


Pee wy NUDE FIGURE SEATED 


Pastel, signed Renoir. 
Pere ta REE FIGURES 


Pastel. 


Height, 13 inches; width, 124% inches, 


Pees ee NUDE FIGURE .BENDING 


Pastel, signed Renoir. 


pack: TWO 


Pastel. 


Height, 15% inches; width, 12% inches. 


NUDE ShIGURES 


eee TP VVO NUDE FIGURES AND A SKETCH 


Pastel, signed Renoir and R. 


BACK: NUDE FIGURE WALKING 


Pastel. 


Height, 19 inches; width, 12 inches. 


Ponte NUDE FIGURE SEATED 


Pastel, signed Renoir. 


BACK: TWO 


Pastel. 


NUDE “FIGURES 


Height, 12 inches; width, 19 inches. 


Pie e TWO NUDE FIGURES, ONE RECLINING, THE 


Poieaiihe SE ATED 
Pastel, signed Renoir twice. 


Peer THREE FIGURES 


Pastel. 


Height, 12 inches; width 18% inches. 


PRON: NUDE FIGURE STANDING 


Pastel, signed Renoir. 
Beene FIGURE HIDING FACE 


Pastel. 


Height, to inches; width, 12% inches. 


PRONT: NUDE FIGURE KNEELING 


Pastel, signed Renoir. 


peels LHREE FIGURES AND: Alix D 


Pastel. 


Height, 19 inches; width, 12 mches. 


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74. 


FRONT: NUDE FIGURE STANDING, ANOTHER RECLIN- 
ING 

Pastel, signed Renoir and R. 

BACK: NUDE FIGURE WALKING 

Pastel. 

Height, 19 inches; width, 12% inches. 


FRONT: TWO NUDE FIGURES AND TWO SKETCHES 
Pastel, signed Renoir twice. 

BACK: ‘HEAD. AND BUSI Or Gina. 

Pastel. 

Height, 12% inches; width, 19 inches. 


FRONT: NUDE FIGURE STANDING 
Pastel, signed R. 

BACK: TWO NUDE FIGURES 
Pastel. , 

Height, 19 inches; width, 12% inches, 


FRONT: NUDE FIGURE STANDING 
Pastel, signed Renoir. 

BACK: NUDE FIGURE RECEINiNe 
Pastel. 

Height, 19 inches; wndth, 12% inches, 


FRONT: NUDE FIGURE SEATED AND THREE SKETCHES 
Pastel, signed Renoir. 

BACKs FOUR FIGURES SOr in 

Pastel. 

Height, 12% inches; width, 14% inches. 


FRONT: NUDE FIGURE SEATED ANDSSKE Gee 
Pastel, signed Renoir. 

BACK: NUDE FIGURE SEATED AND] fWO) se 
Pastel. 

Height, 19 wnches; width, 12 tnches. 


FRONT: FOUR FIGURES AND A HEAD 
Pastel, signed Renoir. 

BACK: TWO FIGURES AND TWO HEADS 
Pastel. 

Height, 12 inches; width, 19 inches. 


FRONT: TWO NUDE FIGURES 
Pastel, signed Renoir. 

BACK: NUDE FIGURE 

Pastel. 

Height, 19 inches; width, 12% inches. 


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. FRONT: THREE FIGURES 


Pastel, signed Renoir. 

BACK FIGURE “AND “Aaa 
Pastel. 

Height, 19 inches; width, 9% inches. 


FRONT: NUDE. BIGUREY SEATED 

Pastel, signed Renoir. 3 

BACK: NUDE FIGURE AND A SKEET 
Pastel. 

Height, 9% inches; width, 12 inches. 


FRONT: ‘THREE SSO Ris 

Pastel, signed Renoir. 

BACK: TWO BUSTS OF -CHILDRE 
Pastel: 

Height, 19 inches; width, 12 mches. 


FRONT: FOUR HALF FIGURES AND ONE Fis 
Pastel, signed Renoir. 

BACK? SIX: STU DES 

Pastel. 

Height, 19 inches; width, 12 inches, 


FRONT: TWO FIGURES, ONE SEATED) ie oe 
CROUCHING 

Pastel, signed Renoir. 

BACK: “NUDE -FIGUiICE 

Pastel. 

Height, 12 inches; width, 19 inches. 


FRONT: NUDE -FIGURI SBA a 
Pastel, signed Renoir. 

BACK: HEAD OF WoOstAN 
Pastel. 

Height, 19 inches; width, 12 inches. 


FRONT: EIGHT STUDIES OF Fig 
Pastel, signed Renoir. 

BACK: NUDE RIGURE ESE Abia 

Pastel. 

Height, 12 inches; width, 19 inches. 


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LARGE AND SMALL DRAWINGS WITH UNIMPORTANT 
Bot tite ON PE BACK 


[NumBeErs 82-88] 


62. NUDE FIGURE BENDING 
Pastel, signed Renoir. 
Height, 13 inches; width, 12 inches. 


Peer UR SrUDIES OF FIGURES 
Pastel, signed Renoir. 
Height, to ches; width, 12 inches. 


Ba NUDE FIGURE SEATED 
Pastel, signed Renoir. 
Height, 8% inches; width, rr inches. 


eae FIGURE STANDING AND A HEAD 
Pastel, signed Renoir. 
Height, 12% inches; width, 9% inches. 


Peete tees OF FOUR FIGURES 
Pastel, signed R. 
Height, 12 inches; width, 14 inches. 


See FIGURE STANDING 
Pastel, signed R. 
Height, 19 inches; width, 12 inches. 


poe wor rIGURE STANDING 
Pastel, signed Renoir. 
Height, 19 inches; width, 12 ches. 


PAtke OF SMALL DRAWINGS 


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oy ewWO HEADS 
Pastels, signed Renoir. 


ee tyvoeNUDE RECLINING FIGURES 
Pastels, signed Renoir and R. 


91. TWO DRAWINGS OF HEADS 
Pastels, signed Renoir and R. 


Peer tak IN DRAMATIC ACTION AND A. HEAD 
Pastels, signed Renoir and R. 


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